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Memoir and Personal Essay: Write About Yourself Specialization
Wesleyan University
This specialization includes four courses designed to help learners write personal narratives effectively. It offers tools, tips, and exercises from published memoirists and essayists.
Website: https://www.coursera.org/
Categories: Memoir, Nonfiction, and Free
Start date:
Open all year round
Price:
Free
Online course
Level: Beginner
Length:
Est. 1 month (10 hours a week)
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Free Travel Writing Course
Women on the Road
This course guides aspiring travel writers through techniques to find angles for stories, sell their writing, and understand what editors want. It includes six lessons focusing on various aspects of travel writing, especially practical skills and strategies for making stories appealing.
Website: https://www.women-on-the-road.com
Categories: Travel and Free
Start date:
Open all year round
Price:
Free
Online course
Level: Beginner
Length:
Self-paced over 6 lessons
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Young Writer's Blueprint
Writing Blueprints
A hands-on, step-by-step guide for children ages 6-10 focusing on gathering ideas, character creation, writing short stories, longer works, poetry, and editing. Includes downloadable videos, worksheets, and writing prompts for offline use.
Website: https://writingblueprints.com/p/writing-course-ages-6-10
Categories: Kids, Poetry, and Free
Start date:
Open all year round
Price:
Free
Online course
Level: Beginner
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Understanding Medical Research: Your Facebook Friend is Wrong
Yale University
The course teaches how to read medical research papers, spot errors in methodology, understand statistical graphics, and verify claims in news articles. It covers study design, research methods, and addresses biases and fraud in medical research.
Website: https://www.coursera.org/courses
Categories: Medical and Free
Start date:
August, 2024
Price:
Free
Online course
Level: Beginner
Length:
Self-paced, est. 16 hours
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
English for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
University of Pennsylvania
This course is designed for non-native English speakers to enhance their English skills in scientific contexts. It covers vocabulary expansion and essential language skills for effective communication in STEM fields through engaging with topics like climate change, renewable energy, and nanotechnology.
Website: https://www.coursera.org/learn/stem
Categories: Scientific and Free
Start date:
August, 2024
Price:
Free
Online course
Level: Beginner
Length:
Est. 34 hours to complete
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Writing the Short
Young Screenwriters
A 6-module course designed to help aspiring screenwriters craft a compelling short script in just 5 weeks. Includes over 25 HD videos, personalized feedback on 5 projects, and guidance on structure and storytelling.
Website: https://youngscreenwriters.teachable.com/
Categories: Screenplay, Free, and Playwriting
Start date:
Open all year round
Price:
Free
Online course
Level: Beginner
Length:
5 weeks (6 modules)
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
In this course, learn to write compelling nonfiction by exploring narrative techniques and journalistic tools to connect with readers authentically.
Website: https://www.domestika.org/en/courses/
Categories: Nonfiction and Adult
Start date:
Open all year round
Price:
$14.00
Online course
Level: Beginner
Length:
Self-paced over 11 lessons
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Hex Engines & Spell-Slingers: Write Steampunk/Weird Western
The Rambo Academy for Wayward Writers
The course includes video lectures, text, and writing exercises to help create engaging stories in steampunk and weird western subgenres. It focuses on writing techniques, historical context, and genre mechanics.
Website: https://catrambo.teachable.com/
Categories: Science Fiction and Fantasy
Start date:
Open all year round
Price:
$29.00
Online course
Level: Any
Length:
Self-paced over 12 modules
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Tips for Better Business Writing
Linkedin Learning
The course offers actionable tips to enhance business writing, focusing on message planning, formatting for readability, and error reduction for professional image.
Website: https://www.linkedin.com/learning/
Categories: Business
Start date:
Open all year round
Price:
$20.00
Online course
Level: Beginner
Length:
27 minutes
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Build a Successful Creative Blog
CreativeLive
This course provides insights on creating and marketing a blog, including identifying goals, understanding your audience, content planning, and overcoming challenges like writer's block. It includes a comprehensive approach with practical strategies for engaging writing and blog promotion.
Website: https://www.creativelive.com/
Categories: Copywriting and Blog
Start date:
Open all year round
Price:
$24.00
Online course
Level: Beginner
Length:
3 days, with 26 lessons
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
This self-paced online course teaches how to plot and write space opera, including its characteristics, writing a series, and practical writing exercises. The course mixes video, text, and exercises to provide comprehensive tools for writing.
Website: https://catrambo.teachable.com/
Categories: Science Fiction and Fiction
Start date:
Open all year round
Price:
$39.00
Online course
Level: Beginner
Length:
Self-paced
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Creative Writing: Poetry
Community College of Philadelphia
The course covers distinguishing between formal verse and free verse, identifying poem components, understanding rhythm and meter, using rhyme schemes, applying poetic devices, and writing poetry with confidence.
Website: https://www.ccp.edu/academic-offerings/professional-devel...
Categories: Poetry
Start date:
Open all year round
Price:
$29.00
Online course
Level: Beginner
Length:
1.5 hours
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
